Supply Elementary

Supply Elementary, an average-sized elementary campus in Supply, North Carolina, operated by Brunswick County Schools, serves 580 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% above the state mean of about 467.

Across the 20 schools in Brunswick County Schools (13,561 students total), Supply Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Supply Elementary lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Brunswick County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Supply Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Brunswick County) records that median household earnings sit near $77,024, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Supply Elementary is one of 22 public schools in Brunswick County (combined enrollment of about 15,069 students).

The COAST is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Supply Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Supply Elementary has fell 4%, going from 602 students in 2018 to 580 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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